How Iran Works

It’s always difficult to know exactly what is going on in Iran -
that isolated, Shia theocracy that dominates so much of the Middle
Eastern land mass. It's a diverse and divisive state, ruled with an
iron fist by Ayatollah Khamenei, whose supreme power means he can
dictate what the country does and how it is run, at home and
abroad. But in recent years, protests against the regime have been
growing, leading to many people hoping that an end to the Islamic
Republic and its Islamic Revolution could be on the horizon. In
this episode of Conflicted, we move away from looking at the world
of Sunni Islam to focus again on the Shia minority, who still
retain a real influence over the region’s geopolitics. After
getting the state of play in Persia, we’ll try to analyse how the
Iranian system actually works, before looking ahead to what a
future outside of Khamenei’s despotic regime could look like. 
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